Margaret Wallington in the Wallington straw bale winery.
It is with great sadness that we announce that Wallington Wines is wrapping up, with Margaret Wallington making the difficult decision in order to focus on her health and family.
Wallington has been a family boutique winery since the first vines were planted in 1992, not long after Anthony and Margaret made the big move from Sydney. The Wallington’s moved to Canowindra to pursue a less frenetic life where they could focus on family and create something beautiful.
Over the years they have put in more vines, established an olive grove and planted numerous fruit and nut trees around the property. “We loved living on the land and growing what we could and teaching our children these values,” said Margaret.
With the enormous growth of the Cowra wine region in the 1990’s, Marg was instrumental in driving our region forward, especially within the formation of Canowindra@home with the 100mile dinners and the promotion of a young wine region.
The first Wallington wines were made by Ian Riggs in 1995 and 1996. With a desire to be more engaged in the process, they took the winemaking to Murray Smith of Canobolas Smith Wines in Orange. “Murray was a great mentor and friend who was encouraging of our passion and generous with his knowledge.” said Margaret.
Wanting to do more themselves, the Wallingtons built a beautiful straw bale winery, which was ready for the 2000 vintage. During the following years, Margaret made the decision to convert their practices to Organics and Biodynamics.
“I felt that these practices would allow us to create more authentic and sustainable wines. I was passionate about working with the land to create more resilient ecosystems. This has been a core value of our winemaking at Wallington and values I am proud to have passed onto my children.
“I have always had a huge gratitude to our community in Canowindra and the industry who supported us throughout the years,” concluded Margaret.
Wallington wines will still be available to purchase online whilst stocks last, so take the opportunity to stock up! We wish Marg the very best for her next chapter.